‘Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion, without the discomfort of thought’ said John F Kennedy many years ago. At a more earthy level, someone else had said opinions are something (this being a family blog, I am constrained to be abstruse) that rhyme with grasspoles; everyone has one. …
Month: June 2026
Kolkata by any other name, would still be Calcutta!
Self plus The Wife had made a trip to the City of Joy, Calcutta (now Kolkata) in 1994. We adored it. The Victoria Memorial, the KC Das Kachoris (established 1866), the Putiram Mishti Doi (1852). Sigh! Nothing brings memories of our visit as evocatively though, as the Calcutta Ambassador Taxis. …